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Rhythm Master: V. Selvaganesh – Podcast 185 Apr 06, 2016

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As a lifelong fan of Shakti, hanging with V. Selvaganesh was a dream come true. Here the master percussionist V. Selvaganesh talks about his music and shares his experience with John McLaughlin's Remember Shakti and other great collaborations. He breaks down the South Indian rhythmic system and we hear selections from his album Souhka. Our friend Arun Ramamuthy joins the discussion. Born in Chennai to Grammy-winning musician Vikku Vinayakram, a former member of the original Shakti, he is the grandson of T. R. Harihara Sarma, who founded the Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya (Sri JGTV school) in Chenna Selvaganesh first gained world fame through tours with John McLaughlin's group,Remember Shakti. His debut international solo album, Soukha, was released in 2006 featuring all other regular members of Remember Shakti including John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, U. Srinivas and Shankar Mahadevan, as well as sitar player Niladri Kumar and Selvaganesh's father T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram. He has also formed a new group called dr JSM, with the UK-based Goan songwriter/producer dr.Joel and the young Carnatic singer Mahesh.[citation needed]Their Indo-Celtic album entitled Turn on the dreams was released in the UK in 2005. In 2012, Selvaganesh made his film directorial debut with Bodhai, a short film in Tamil. He also composed the soundtrack which was released in digital format by Saregama. Here he is with Remember Shakti

At home with George Porter Jr.! Podcast 184 Mar 29, 2016

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Whoa! This one went viral. Here is the full hour podcast interview and below is a half hour of video interview with George Porter. As the bass player of the Meters, George Porter, Jr. defined one of the most influential styles of popular music. It's now called "Funk." Beyond that he's on a million records including all the killer material coming out of the Sea-Saint studio in New Orleans with cats like Allen Toussaint, Earl King, Lee Dorsey, Johnny Adams, Irma Thomas, The Lastie Brothers and later with people like Paul McCartney and John Scofield, (check out Sco's Piety Street Album!) George Porter Jr. and his Funky Friends will be in performing in New York City Saturday, April 16, 2016 at American Beauty - 251 W. 30th st 6:30pm 9:30pm. Tickets here Here's the full half hour of video from the second part of the interview where he teaches how NOT to play "Cissy Strut"

Anirban Dasgupta and Suryaksha Deshpande – Podcast 183 Mar 11, 2016

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New music! A burnin' set of classical raga from last week's Brooklyn Raga Massive's Raga Roots Night, as broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY and performed at Pioneer Works. Anirban Dasgupta – sarod Suryaksha Deshpande – tabla Present Raag Kafi Kanada

Awa Sangho with the Brooklyn Raga Massive All Stars – Podcast 182 Feb 07, 2016

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The opening concert of Brooklyn Raga Massive's 3 month residency at Pioneer Works was a smash. For this special night, we had an ambitious triple bill, celebrating the full year of the Africa/India series collaborations that had been produced by NYC Radio Live, Afro-Roots Music night and Brooklyn Raga Massive. We featured the “golden voice of Mali,” Awa Sangho, with by the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars, the electro-acoustic Kora/Tabla duo Orakel with Kane Mathis and Roshni Samlal and the original band in this new genre Afrika Meets India, led by Kevin Nathaniel on Mbira and Eric Fraser on Bansuri. Here we'll hear Awa Sangho's complete set with the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars the first time these artists came together. You can feel the energy from this explosive set! This was recorded live by James Clark and mixed with love by Sameer Gupta. This video from Josh Adler at Treeline Pics really captured it! Check out his whole web series chronicling the "Raga Rennaisance" This concerts was broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY 7-9pm Febuary 7th at 2016. Awa Sangho, Vocals, percussion Daniel Moreno, percussion, Joshua Geisler, bansuri Michael Gam, bass David Ellenbogen, guitar Arun Ramamurthy, violin Jay Gandhi, bansuri Kane Mathis kora, Roshni Samlal, Tabla Malick Koly, drumset

Africa India Series: Orakel Live at Shapeshifter Lab Podcast 180 Jan 27, 2016

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Orakel is a brand new electro-acoustic project of Kora/oud player, Kane Mathis and tabla player, Roshni Samlal, who began their collaboration at the Brooklyn Raga Massive. Using electronic compositional elements of sound design, field recordings, and drones, they create a new context for traditional elements of Indian classical percussion and Kora repertoire. They performed live at Shapeshifter Lab a few weeks ago in a dazzling performance and then joined me at WKCR for a broadcast. This Wed Feb 3rd Orakel will be playing as part of the Africa/India Series. Brooklyn Raga Massive Shapeshifter Launch Party with Awa Sangho and the BRM-All-Stars and and Afrika Meets India.

Africa/India Series: Innov Gnawa with Brooklyn Raga Massive All Stars – Podcast 179 Jan 06, 2016

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Of all the concerts I've produced this was one of the most exciting and meaningful. This installation of Africa/India Series live at ShapeShifter Lab was a synergy of the Morrocan trance tradition embodied by Hassan Ben Jaffer and Innov Gnawa as we combined forces with the musicians of the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars. Thanks to Sameer Gupta for mixing this Mutha! INNOV GNAWA Maalem (Master)Hassan Ben Jaafer (Sintir, vocals) Samir Langus (Sintir, Vocals) Ahmed Jeriouda (Vocals, percussion) Amino Belyamani (Vocals, percussion) Said Sayed (Vocals, percussion) Nawfal Atiq (Vocals, percussion) BRM ALL-STARS Guy Mintus (Piano, Melodica) David Ellenbogen (Guitar) Adam Maalouf (Percussion) Kevin Nathaniel (mbira, percussion) Hany ElDiwany (Surbahar) Michael Gam (Bass) Sitting in: Pawan Benjamin (Sax), Aaron Shregge (trumpet) Ken Shoji (violin) Vin Scalia (percussion) Jessica Lurie (Sax)

Noura Mint Seymali, Jay Gandhi, Ehren Hanson and Jeiche Ould Chighaly: Kane Mathis Remaster Dec 15, 2015

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This was a meeting of musical royalty from Mauritania, vocalist Noura Mint Seymali, with her husband Jeiche Ould Chighaly on fretless electric guitar collaborating for the first time with Brooklyn Raga Massive's Jay Gandhi (bansuri flute) and Ehren Hanson (tabla). It was a spontaneous and beautiful meeting of two musical worlds and very much inspired our whole Africa/India Series. The multi-talented Kane Mathis, most known for his dazzling kora and oud (hear him on podcasts #15, #111, #135 and #147) remastered this most popular of our episodes Kane's new group with tabla maestra Roshni Samlal Orakel, will perform live for our Africa/India Series this Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 8pm and ShapeShifter Lab. Orakel is an electro-acoustic project of Kora/oud player, Kane Mathis and tabla player, Roshni Samlal, who began their collaboration at the Brooklyn Raga Massive. Using electronic compositional elements of sound design, field recordings, and drones, they create a new context for traditional elements of Indian classical percussion and Kora repertoire.

The Raga Jazz Messengers Podcast 177 Dec 06, 2015

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Recorded a few days ago at Brooklyn Raga Massive's weekly concert and and jam session at ShapeShifter Lab, this set of music suggests new directions in the between raga and jazz. It will be broadcast in New York City, on Sunday Dec. 6 on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY 7-9PM and stream at www.wkcr.org In the 1960's, led by the Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers led the movement of hard bop which returned the music to its blues and gospel roots. The Raga Jazz Messengers too are exploring soulful territories, blues, swing and different emotional spaces which are not often associated with Indian-Jazz collaborations. The Jazz Messengers are, Sameer Gupta, drums; Jay Gandhi, Bansuri, Pawan Benjamin - Saxophone, Sharik Hasan, Piano and Michael Gam, Bass.

Hadar Noiberg Trio Live – Podcast 175 Nov 06, 2015

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To celebrate the upcoming release of her new album, From the Ground Up. musical polymath Hadar Noiberg brought her trio to Continental Records, to record a special live set just for us! This special podcast will also broadcast this week on the radio, WKCR 89.9 FM-NY and stream www.wkcr.org at 11pm EST on November 8. It was really exciting to have her bring in an all star band: With Phil Duke at the controls, we recorded 4 songs with Hadar Noiberg (flutes), Allison Miller (drums) and Haggai Cohen Milo, Double Bass. We also hung out with Hadar as she shares some gems from wide and varied musical journeys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA6C9K26uTI

Brooklyn Raga Massive Pays Tribute to the Coltrane Legacy – Podcast 173 Oct 10, 2015

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Two weeks ago, on John Coltrane's Birthday, Brooklyn Raga Massive performed a stunning tribute to the Coltrane Legacy. Recorded in front of a capacity crowd at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC Radio Live will share the concert in it's entirety. It will be broadcast on the radio at WKCR 89.9 at 7pm on October 11th. Musical Director Sameer Gupta joins host David Ellenbogen for an on-air discussion of the relationship between the music of these two worlds. The all-star ensemble includes: Sameer Gupta - Drumset/Tabla (musical director), Brandee Younger - Harp, Jay Gandhi - Bansuri, Arun Ramamurthy - Violin, Pawan Benjamin - Sax, Trina Basu - Violin, Neel Murgai - Sitar, Ben Tyree - Guitar, Rashaan Carter - Bass Michael Gam - Bass Special Guests: Roopa Mahadevan - Vocal Pyeng Threadgill- vocal Anupam Shobhakar - Sarod Jessica Lurie - Sax Ken Shoji- Violin Dawoud Kringle - Dilruba Giancarlo Luigi - Chekere and Percussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeAOXxw_kE

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